Day: October 18, 2017

EU aims to boost anti-terror info sharing with Tunisia

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EU anti-terror chief Gilles de Kerchove on Tuesday called for a boosted exchange of information with Tunisia, which has seen its nationals involved in deadly attacks abroad and on its soil.  During a visit to Tunis, for talks with Tunisian ministers, the EU official said that the flow of information across the Mediterranean “is functioning well” but could be improved. “We are looking to see how to help Tunisia in the area of data protection… to increase the exchange of information,” between the Tunisian authorities and organisations such as Europol…

Tunisia keen to enhance bilateral trade ties with Pakistan: Envoy

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Tunisian Ambassador to Pakistan Mr. Adel Elarbi said on Wednesday that his country wanted to boost bilateral trade ties with Pakistan. Addressing a meeting of exporters at Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI), he said Tunisia would remove all trade barriers from the way of promoting bilateral trade with Pakistan, besides, bridging all the communication gaps. He said that Pakistan could get better access to the world’s largest markets like Europe, North Africa and Middle East by promoting cooperation with Tunisia while Tunisia could get access to Asia by enhancing cooperation with Pakistan. The Tunisian…

IOM launches programme for vulnerable groups

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The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) on Wednesday launched the inclusion programme ‘Incorporate’ with the aim of finding job placements for people who normally have difficulty accessing employment and offering them an alternative to irregular migration to Europe. The programme is aimed in particular at young people and women at risk of social and economic exclusion and has the financial support of the Spanish banking foundation La Caixa and Tunisia’s Deposits and Loans Fund. It will be implemented in the capital and in the surrounding urban area, which as a…

Smugglers Offer New Routes to Europe for Jobless Tunisians

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Tunisian smugglers are offering migrants seeking a fresh start in Europe a new route from Africa to Italy. Thousands have made the dangerous 300 km journey between Libya and the Italian island of Lampedusa this year and hundreds more are thought to have died trying to crossing the Mediterranean Sea to reach European shores. A crackdown by the Libyan coastguard in August has forced migrants and smugglers to find alternatives, giving Tunisians an opportunity to sell spots on overcrowded boats between the Gulf of Tunis and Sicily. The number of…

UNSMIL provides suggestions to dialogue committees

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A source in Tunisia said that the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) provided some suggestions and thoughts, on Wednesday, to the two heads of the two committees of the House of Representative (HoR) and the State Council. The source stated that the committee of the HoR would discuss the proposals of the head of the UNSMIL, Ghassan Salame, in a closed meeting. It is worth mentioning that the UNSMIL suspended the meeting of Monday when the HoR delegation withdrew from the meeting accusing the members of the State…